Capacitor: bug: Geolocation returns empty/location unavailable

[REPTILEHAUS]

Trying to use the following to get the users current lat/lng but getting location unavailable

      const { Geolocation } = Plugins;
      await Geolocation.requestPermissions();
      const geoTest = await Geolocation.getCurrentPosition({timeout: 30000, enableHighAccuracy: true})
      console.log('Current' + JSON.stringify(geoTest) );

Error output from the AVD

D/Capacitor: Sending plugin error: {"save":false,"callbackId":"110022566","pluginId":"Geolocation","methodName":"getCurrentPosition","success":false,"error":{"message":"location unavailable"}}

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Latest Dependencies:

  @capacitor/cli: 1.3.0

  @capacitor/core: 1.3.0

  @capacitor/android: 1.3.0

  @capacitor/ios: 1.3.0

Installed Dependencies:

  @capacitor/cli 1.3.0

  @capacitor/core 1.3.0

  @capacitor/android 1.3.0

  @capacitor/ios 1.3.0


[success] Android looking great! 👌
  Found 16 Capacitor plugins for ios:
    android-camera-permission (1.0.0)
    com-sarriaroman-photoviewer (1.2.4)
    cordova-plugin-actionsheet (2.3.3)
    cordova-plugin-advanced-http (2.2.0)
    cordova-plugin-app-version (0.1.9)
    cordova-plugin-camera (4.1.0)
    cordova-plugin-dialogs (2.0.2)
    cordova-plugin-facebook4 (6.2.0)
    cordova-plugin-file (6.0.2)
    cordova-plugin-geolocation (4.0.2)
    cordova-plugin-market (1.2.0)
    cordova-plugin-request-location-accuracy (2.3.0)
    cordova-plugin-screen-orientation (3.0.2)
    cordova-sqlite-storage (3.4.0)
    es6-promise-plugin (4.2.2)
    uk.co.workingedge.phonegap.plugin.launchnavigator (5.0.4)
[success] iOS looking great! 👌

How do I get the users current lat and lng with this plugin ?

[jcesarmobile]

That's by design of the Android SDK API we use, it returns last known location without trying to get one. If you want to get real location better use watchPosition.

There is a PR to use Fused Location Provider #964

[Ahhsan]

@jcesarmobile what do you mean by PR please